Her frenetic questions cut off by a noise Millicent would never forget - a harsh, wriggling noise, followed by a thud. Millicent heard her mother draw in a keen breath before speaking, her voice unusually serene: "I love you, Millie and your siblings."
The phone went dead.
"Mom!" Millicent shrieked into the phone. "Mom, are you there?" Call ended, the screen flashed. But why would her mother have hung up like that?
"Millie," Raymond said. It was the first time she'd ever heard him tell her name today. "What's happening?"
Millicent ignored him. Frantically she hit the button that dialed her home phone. There was no answer expect an automatic voice, claiming that no one could come to the phone.
Millicent's hands had started to shake uncontrollably.
The phone went dead.
"Mom!" Millicent shrieked into the phone. "Mom, are you there?" Call ended, the screen flashed. But why would her mother have hung up like that?
"Millie," Raymond said. It was the first time she'd ever heard him tell her name today. "What's happening?"
Millicent ignored him. Frantically she hit the button that dialed her home phone. There was no answer expect an automatic voice, claiming that no one could come to the phone.
Millicent's hands had started to shake uncontrollably.